December 15, 2022

The Honorable Mitch McConnell The Honorable Richard Shelby

Senate Minority Leader Vice Chairman
The Capitol Senate Committee on Appropriations
Washington, D.C. 20515 Washington, D.C. 20515

Dear Leader McConnell and Vice Chairman Shelby:

As incoming freshman Members of the House of Representatives, we urge Senate Republicans to hold the
line and oppose the $1.7 trillion omnibus appropriations package for fiscal year 2023. We support House
Republican Leadership’s push for a short-term continuing resolution into 2023, allowing the new House
Republican majority, of which we are a part, an opportunity to claw back President Biden’s agenda.
As you are well aware, the American people have suffered under the Biden Administration’s policies.
Though our Southern Border is already in extreme crisis, resulting in record numbers of border encounters
and overdose deaths from synthetic opioids like fentanyl, Title 42 is set to be lifted this month which will
only exacerbate the crisis. The Administration’s war on energy has led to higher prices at the pump at a
time when American families are already feeling the pressure of record inflation unseen in forty years.
Despite the economic pressures, 87,000 new IRS agents are set to target Americans’ tax returns. Under
President Biden’s leadership our military readiness has been harmed—men and women in uniform who
were forced out of service due to the arbitrary and unscientific COVID-19 vaccine mandate have no means
of recourse or reinstatement. Further, Biden’s public health agencies have wreaked havoc on our citizens
with impunity. From vaccine mandates to medical censorship, to rogue research funding abroad, to liability
protections for vaccine manufacturers, these agencies have harmed the public—all while we are still under
a 33-month long Public Health Emergency for the virus even when the President said the “pandemic is
over.”1
In a previous letter to House and Senate Republican Leadership sent days after the election, several
Members Elect voiced their opposition to a lame-duck omnibus. By giving Republicans a majority in the
House of Representatives, it points out the American people voted for a check on the Biden
Administration's radical, reckless agenda. It is for this reason that it is disheartening to see Senate
Republicans working with Democrats to reach an agreement on a $1.7 trillion omnibus when we are set to
gavel in in a matter of days. Plainly, a vote in favor of an omnibus is a vote to empower this Administration
for another year. Please stand with House Republicans and, more importantly, the American people in this
effort.
Respectfully,

Josh Brecheen Andy Ogles

Member Elect Member Elect

1
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/09/18/biden-covid-pandemic-over/
Anna Paulina Luna Eli Crane
Member Elect Member Elect

Nathaniel Moran Eric Burlison

Member Elect Member Elect

Dr. Rich McCormick Keith Self

Member Elect Member Elect

Mike Collins Russell Fry

Member Elect Member Elect

Mike Lawler Erin Houchin

Member Elect Member Elect

Harriet Hageman Nick Langworthy

Member Elect Member Elect

Wesley Hunt
Member Elect